Indiana (6-6, 2-6 Big Ten) vs. Duke (7-5, 4-4 ACC)New Era Pinstripe Bowl • December 26, 2015 • 3:30 pm • ABCNew York, N.Y. • Yankee Stadium (49,542 • Natural Grass)• Duke (7-5, 4-4 ACC) plays in its fourth consecutive bowl game by meeting Indiana (6-6, 2-6 Big Ten) in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday, December 26 ... Kickoff at Yankee Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. ... ABC will broadcast the game with Rece Davis, Danny Kanell, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra
• Duke and Indiana have met three previous times on the gridiron ... The Hoosiers claimed wins in 1980 (31-21 in Bloomington) and 1983 (15-10 in Bloomington) ... Duke secured a 31-24 triumph in 1984 in Durham
• The Blue Devils will make their 12th bowl game appearance and hold an all-time record of 3-8 ... Duke's last bowl game win was a 7-6 victory over Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl on January 2, 1961 ... The other two bowl victories came against Alabama (29-26; Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1945) & Nebraska (34-7; Orange Bowl on January 1, 1955)
• Duke aims for its eighth win of the season in an attempt to post three straight years with 8+ victories for the first time in school history
• Against Indiana,
David Cutcliffe will participate in the 26th bowl game of his coaching career ... As an assistant coach, he helped Tennessee to 17 bowl games (11-6) while also guiding Ole Miss (5; 4-1) and Duke (4; 0-3) to bowls as a head coach
• Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 24-8 in their last 32 regular season games ... The only schools with more wins during that stretch are Ohio State (30), Florida State (30), Alabama (29), Michigan State (29), Baylor (27), Clemson (27), Oregon (26), Wisconsin (25) & Oklahoma (24)
• S
Jeremy Cash — the sixth consensus All-America pick in Duke history — will miss the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Indiana after undergoing wrist surgery on December 16 ... A three-time All-America pick and two-time team captain, Cash closes his 39-game Duke with 333 tackles, 38.0 TFL, 8.0 sacks, six INTs, nine caused fumbles, four fumble recoveries, 15 PBUs and 15 QB pressures
• Three Blue Devils were honored with CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades, marking the highest total in the nation ... DT
A.J. Wolf was a first team choice while S
DeVon Edwards & K
Ross Martin were second team selections ... Duke was honored with multiple Academic All-America selections just once before, in 1959
• On November 4, the NCAA released the latest Graduation Success Rates with Duke's 94 percent mark ranking first in the ACC followed by Wake Forest (90), Boston College (89), Clemson (84), Miami (83), Syracuse (80), Virginia Tech (80), Pittsburgh (75), Virginia (75), Florida State (73), Georgia Tech (72), N.C. State (70), Louisville (63) and North Carolina (62)
• Bob Harris, the Voice of the Blue Devils, is in his 40th season as the play-by-play announcer for the Blue Devil IMG Radio Network ... Harris enters the bowl season having called 459 consecutive Duke football games dating back to the 1976 season-opening 21-18 win at Tennessee
Blue Devils by the Numbers• 7 — Career field goals of 50+ yards for K
Ross Martin, marking the most in Duke history ... Martin eclipsed the previous school standard of six held by Sims Lenhardt ... For his career, Martin has made seven-of-nine at¬tempts from 50+ yards
• 6 — Career kickoff returns for TDs for S
DeVon Edwards, including a 95- yard scoring effort at Tulane, a 100- yard dash against Georgia Tech and a 94-yard return at Virginia this season ... The six KORs for TDs are one shy of the NCAA and ACC record of seven held by Clemson's C.J. Spiller
• 4 — QBs leading Power 5 schools in both rushing and passing yardage this season:
Thomas Sirk of Duke, Lamar Jackson of Louisville, Dak Prescott of Mississippi State & Seth Collins of Oregon State
• 2.50:1 — With 15 TD passes and six INTs, the current TD-to-INT ratio for QB
Thomas Sirk, a total that would match the highest single-season total in Duke history ... Thaddeus Lewis holds the school standard, having posted 2.50:1 ratios in both 2008 (15 TDs & 6 INTs) and 2009 (20 TDs & 8 INTs)
• 18.0 — Season total of tackles for loss for S
Jeremy Cash, a mark which ranks fourth overall in the ACC and stands as the highest total among de¬fensive backs nationally ... In addition, the 18.0 TFL are the most in a season by a Blue Devil since 2003, when Phil¬lip Alexander posted 18.5 TFL
• 648 — Rushing yards this season for QB
Thomas Sirk, marking a total that ranks second on Duke's single-season QB chart behind Mike Dunn's campaign of 757 (1976)
• .439 — Third-down conversion rate for the Duke offense this season — the third-best figure in the ACC behind Clemson (.477) & North Carolina (.470)
• 6 — Blue Devils with multiple rushing TDs this season: QB
Thomas Sirk (6), QB
Parker Boehme (5), RB
Jela Duncan (4), RB
Shaquille Powell (3), RB
Zach Boden (2) & RB
Shaun Wilson (2)
• 4 — Blue Devils with runs from scrim¬mage of 50+ yards this season: QB
Parker Boehme, RB
Jela Duncan, QB
Thomas Sirk & RB
Shaun Wilson • 14 — Nation's-best AFCA Academic Achievement Awards earned by Duke including the 2015 honor released on December 8
• 3 — Consecutive seasons with 3+ TD receptions for WR
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